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Meanwhile, under SB 2184, certified hunter education instructors who taught within the preceding calendar year would automatically qualify for buying a license to take any legal deer during the rifle season without having to go through the lottery.
Certified instructors teaching in each of the previous five calendar years could buy licenses to hunt either bighorn sheep, elk or moose.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard the bill Thursday, Jan. 21, but didn’t take any action. During the hearing, Game and Fish Department Deputy Director Scott Peterson, Mike McEnroe of the North Dakota Wildlife Federation and John Bradley, executive director of the North Dakota Wildlife Federation, all opposed the bill.
North Dakota outdoors legislative preview: Electronic posting bills take center stage as 2021 session approaches
The defeat of the trespass bill during the 2019 North Dakota legislative session set the stage for an interim natural resources committee, which convened to study access and trespass issues and come up with recommendations. The result was a pilot electronic-posting study that launched earlier this year in Ramsey, Slope and Richland counties. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Trespass legislation has been a prominent outdoors topic during the past several North Dakota legislative sessions. (Forum News Service file photo)
Bills to implement an electronic land-posting system that would either expand a pilot study launched earlier this year, or add penalties for trespass violations on electronically posted land, will be among the most prominent hunting- and fishing-related issues on tap during the upcoming session of the North Dakota Legislature.
Lyle Hanson, longtime former legislator from Jamestown, passes away at the age of 85. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
Lyle Hanson
JAMESTOWN, N.D. A long-serving former Democratic legislator from Jamestown, N.D., is being recognized for his service in conservation and education by political leaders around the state of North Dakota.
Lyle Hanson, 85, died Dec. 23 in Jamestown. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1979 to 2012 from District 12. Every sportsman and teacher knew he had their back, said John Grabinger, former senator from District 12 and running mate to Hanson in two elections. Education and conservation were the focus of his legislative career.
Lyle Hanson, longtime former legislator from Jamestown, passes away at the age of 85. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
Lyle Hanson
A long-serving former Democratic legislator from Jamestown is being recognized for his service in conservation and education by political leaders around the state of North Dakota.
Lyle Hanson passed away Dec. 23 in Jamestown at the age of 85. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1979 to 2012 from District 12. Every sportsman and teacher knew he had their back, said John Grabinger, former senator from District 12 and running mate to Hanson in two elections. Education and conservation were the focus of his legislative career.